9/9/2004
Retired Pentagon brass seek independent abuse probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is under increasing fire for its handling of the prison abuse investigation, as some retired military officers call for an independent commission to get to the bottom of the four-month-old scandal.
The retired military leaders who wrote to Bush were: Rear Adm. John Hutson, Navy Judge Advocate General from 1997 to 2000
Brig. Gen. David Brahms, Marine Corps senior legal adviser from 1983 to 1988
Brig. Gen. James Cullen, former chief judge of the Army Court of Criminal Appeals
Maj. Gen. John Fugh, former Judge Advocate General of the Army
Lt. Gen. Robert Gard, currently a consultant in international security
Vice Adm. Lee Gunn, Inspector General of the Department of the Navy until his retirement in August 2000
Gen. Joseph Hoar, a former commander of U.S. Central Command; Brig. Gen. Richard Omeara, who served in the Army's Judge Advocate General Corps.
Hoar is part of a group of retired diplomats and military officers who has said Bush should be voted out of office because his policies damaged U.S. national security interests and America's standing in the world. Gunn is among 12 retired generals and admirals who have endorsed Bush's Democratic rival John Kerry.
From ... http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-09-09-pentagon-probe_x.htm
